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Line 29: Duke Selaj assigned the Eleventh Royal Division to the conquest of [[Timbuktu]] in [[2588]], along with all four regiments of the Draconis Auxiliary Corps.<ref name="H:RWp153">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref> The main defensive force on Timbuktu was the [[7th Amaris Dragoons|Seventh Amaris Dragoons]], led by [[Colonel]] [[Samuel Macao]]. The first week of the campaign saw the elite Eleventh Royal and the brutal DCMS regiments smash their way through the bulk of the defenses prepared by Macao's forces, leading Macao to pull his troops back to the continent known as Hades, which at that point in time was a lightly populated continent with a number of mining complexes that the Seventh could use as prebuilt defenses.<ref name="H:RWp135">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 135, "Timbuktu (July 2588)"</ref> Duke Selaj assigned the Eleventh Royal Division to the conquest of [[Timbuktu]] in [[2588]], along with all four regiments of the Draconis Auxiliary Corps.<ref name="H:RWp153">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref> The main defensive force on Timbuktu was the [[7th Amaris Dragoons|Seventh Amaris Dragoons]], led by [[Colonel]] [[Samuel Macao]]. The first week of the campaign saw the elite Eleventh Royal and the brutal DCMS regiments smash their way through the bulk of the defenses prepared by Macao's forces, leading Macao to pull his troops back to the continent known as Hades, which at that point in time was a lightly populated continent with a number of mining complexes that the Seventh could use as prebuilt defenses.<ref name="H:RWp135">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 135, "Timbuktu (July 2588)"</ref> − While the Seventh could have drawn the campaign out substantially by switching to guerrilla warfare, the harsh treatment the civilian population of Timbuktu were undergoing at the hands of the Draconis Combine troops enraged Macao who launched a number of precipitous raids in retaliation that sorely weakened the Seventh. With the civilian population of Hades being small enough that it was effectively negligible for the SLDF, the Battle Group Timbuktu forces resorted to wholesale bombardment of the Seventh's positions; after nineteen days of sustained bombardment Macao surrendered the few surviving elements of the Dragoons, ending major combat actions on the planet on the 29th of July.<ref name="H:RWp135"/> + While the Seventh could have drawn the campaign out substantially by switching to guerilla warfare, the harsh treatment the civilian population of Timbuktu were undergoing at the hands of the Draconis Combine troops enraged Macao who launched a number of precipitous raids in retaliation that sorely weakened the Seventh. With the civilian population of Hades being small enough that it was effectively negligible for the SLDF, the Battle Group Timbuktu forces resorted to wholesale bombardment of the Seventh's positions; after nineteen days of sustained bombardment Macao surrendered the few surviving elements of the Dragoons, ending major combat actions on the planet on the 29th of July.<ref name="H:RWp135"/> === Here, Lackhove and Anywhere === === Here, Lackhove and Anywhere ===
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Duke Selaj assigned the Eleventh Royal Division to the conquest of [[Timbuktu]] in [[2588]], along with all four regiments of the Draconis Auxiliary Corps.<ref name="H:RWp153">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref> The main defensive force on Timbuktu was the [[7th Amaris Dragoons|Seventh Amaris Dragoons]], led by [[Colonel]] [[Samuel Macao]]. The first week of the campaign saw the elite Eleventh Royal and the brutal DCMS regiments smash their way through the bulk of the defenses prepared by Macao's forces, leading Macao to pull his troops back to the continent known as Hades, which at that point in time was a lightly populated continent with a number of mining complexes that the Seventh could use as prebuilt defenses.<ref name="H:RWp135">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 135, "Timbuktu (July 2588)"</ref> | Duke Selaj assigned the Eleventh Royal Division to the conquest of [[Timbuktu]] in [[2588]], along with all four regiments of the Draconis Auxiliary Corps.<ref name="H:RWp153">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 153, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref> The main defensive force on Timbuktu was the [[7th Amaris Dragoons|Seventh Amaris Dragoons]], led by [[Colonel]] [[Samuel Macao]]. The first week of the campaign saw the elite Eleventh Royal and the brutal DCMS regiments smash their way through the bulk of the defenses prepared by Macao's forces, leading Macao to pull his troops back to the continent known as Hades, which at that point in time was a lightly populated continent with a number of mining complexes that the Seventh could use as prebuilt defenses.<ref name="H:RWp135">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 135, "Timbuktu (July 2588)"</ref> | ||
| − | While the Seventh could have drawn the campaign out substantially by switching to | + | While the Seventh could have drawn the campaign out substantially by switching to guerilla warfare, the harsh treatment the civilian population of Timbuktu were undergoing at the hands of the Draconis Combine troops enraged Macao who launched a number of precipitous raids in retaliation that sorely weakened the Seventh. With the civilian population of Hades being small enough that it was effectively negligible for the SLDF, the Battle Group Timbuktu forces resorted to wholesale bombardment of the Seventh's positions; after nineteen days of sustained bombardment Macao surrendered the few surviving elements of the Dragoons, ending major combat actions on the planet on the 29th of July.<ref name="H:RWp135"/> |
=== Here, Lackhove and Anywhere === | === Here, Lackhove and Anywhere === | ||